Index for cocks.



go is clamped. in place between the seat rn sra'rs PATENT oFFIo .HENRY MUELLER, OF DECATUR, ILLNOIS, ASSIGNOR TO H. MUELLERA MANUFACTURNG COMPANY, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS.

lNDEX FOR CCCKS.

Specification of Letters Patent..

Patented June 25, i907.

To all whom t T11/ay concern.-

` Be it known that l', HENRY MUELLER, of the city of'Decatur, county oi'Macon, and State of Illinois, have' invented certain new and useful Improvements in Indexes for Cocks and the Like, oi which the following is ,a specification.

This invention relates to cocks adapted for usel with hot water or cold water, or with io other liquids oi different kinds, and the object is'to provide for indicating either of a plurality of uses, for which the cock may be ada# ted. l

.T ie invention is embodied in a rotatable i5A index member normally held against rotation between two clamping surfaces, formed in or on the cock, and provided with different words or signs at diii'erent places around its erimeter'. The mode of operation is to zo oosen clamping pressure on the index member, to rotate the index member until the word or sign descriptive or suggestive ci the desired use of the coc-li represented in proper position for ready observation, and to then 'a5 re-tighten the clamp.

The invention is exemplified in the structure hereinafter described, and 1t is defined in the appended claims.

i in the drawings iormin r art ci this s lecin. n 3o iication, Figure l is a iront elevation or a rightanddeit basin cock of the Fuller type, said cock being provided with an index member constructed and secured in accord` ance with my invention, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the cock shown in Fig. with ao member.

The xed body ci the cock is shown at l and at 2 is shown a concayei. seat therein. for

. the support oi the index member 5, which is commonly called a button, and is ci coni l D e. The

seat 2 is bored and aded, button is bored centrally, as shox .i c in Fig. 4, and

a screw 10 is inserted through the button and screwed into the central seat until-the buttoi the head 3 of the screw.

The button has different words orindicatsigns onopposite sides oi its circumference, which prog'ect beyond the seat 2 and the head 3, the words hot, and cold being used in this instance, and either word may be placed in position to' confront those using the cook.- When the cock is used for hot water the word hot is presented to the front, or placed in position to be readily seen, and when the cock is used for the cold water the position of the button is reversed. if the cock had other uses and the button were provided with words or signs indicating such uses, the operation would obviously be the same.

The advantagecf the reversible, shiftable,

or variable index is obviously to enable a -for'm of cock.

l claim,-

l. The combination of a iixed cock body having a button seat in its upper end, said seat being centrally bored and screrY -threaded, a centrally-bored index button adapted to rest on the seat of the cock and to be rotatably adjusted thereon, said button having different indications on its'diiierent sides, and a screw Vadaptedto screw into the cock through the bore of the button and clamp the button in place, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a cool; having a concave button seat bored and threaded, and a screw Whose tip is adapted to engage said threaded bore; of a convexe-convex button oi greater diameter than the seat or the head oi the screw andwhose projecting iace has dii'ierent indications on its different sides, said button being bored for the passage the shank of the screw and clamped between. said head and seat with the proper indie tion confronting the user, substantially as described. i

ln testimony whereof l sign'my name in the presence oi two subscribing witnesses.

Y HENRY MUELLER.

Witnesses:

RUTH L. HUGHEY, JOHN L. WADDELL. 

